two-twenty

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Fashion inspires, inspiration fashions.

As promised, these are nine images from around two-twenty that inspire us in our work, in our lives.

We hope they inspire you.

rubber chicken

A rubber chicken on our radiator and in front of our air conditioner reminds us that fashion concerns itself primarily with protecting the body from the elements. Hot. Cold. We are naked without feathers. Like the rubber chicken, it is funny because it is true. But it is not funny because it is fashion.

rubber ducky

More plastic poultry. Poetry. Plastic poetry. Snorkel duck represents resourcefulness, knowledge, savoir-faire. He is a duck, he swims. He is fearless in his pursuit of profundity but recognizes his shortcomings. He has a snorkel.

binoculars

We cater to women who dress for themselves, for other women, for men, and for perverts. Women want to be seen. They want to be beautiful, sexy. Perverts want to see sexy, beautiful women. It is important to see the big picture.

books

Culture is everywhere. Books teach us about worlds that lay beyond fashion. We adore curling up with a good book, reading a few pages -- three or four -- with a glass of champagne. Or three or four. We feed our souls with knowledge. Bubbles float like good ideas!

sustenance

We are human. We eat. When we were first starting out in this business we did not eat much. We still do not eat much. But we are better off now, and so we celebrate our successes. We celebrate life. Our refrigerator inspires us to live in the moment, to celebrate. Life is short, and there are always difficult times. We tell our clients to eat! drink! celebrate! but do not eat too much because we do not make clothing for the fat women.

bottles

Do they not look like people at a party? Some are old and some are new. The space between them contains secrets. This is tailoring! We can not overstate the importance of a proper fit.

fiorello

Fiorello LaGuardia. He was a man, a mayor of our city. An important man: there is an airport named for him. His serious countenance -- he looms! Our designs loom. Some are made on looms. We try to be bold.

photobooth photos

Spontaneity! A moment! Fashion indexes moments. There are different looks, captured in the blink of an eye. We are a photobooth capturing moments. Posterity is secondary.

dolls

There is the David Bowie song, "Little China Girl". These are little China boys. One is happy, one is sad, and one is confused. The sad one wears pink. He will be happy soon. Pink is happy. We used a lot of pink in our Spring 2003 collection, but we did not play "Little China Girl." We will be using pink again for Spring 2004. And camouflage. There is much strife in the world these days. Pink camouflage tells people to acknowledge the difficult times. But be happy!